by Heaton Acupuncture | Nov 7, 2018 | Electo-Acupuncture, Electro-Acupuncture, Headache
Scalp electro-acupuncture (EA) can be successfully used to reduce pain severity and disability in headache patients. Japanese investigators treated 54 primary headache patients at two bilateral points located on the occipital scalp with 50 Hz EA for 15 minutes, once a...
by Heaton Acupuncture | May 25, 2017 | Acupuncture, Breast Cancer, Electro-Acupuncture
The effects of electro-acupuncture (EA) are comparable with those of the drug gabapentin (GP) for improving sleep disturbances among breast cancer survivors. American investigators analysed data from a randomised trial involving 58 breast cancer survivors who were...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Jan 26, 2017 | Electro-Acupuncture, Infertility, Pregnancy
Electro-acupuncture (EA) may improve reproductive hormone levels in patients with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR), according to preliminary research from China. Twenty-one patients with DOR received EA over 12 weeks (five times a week for four weeks, followed by...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Apr 26, 2016 | Acupuncture, Electro-Acupuncture, Parkinsons Disease
Adding electro-acupuncture (EA) to drug treatment can benefit Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, particularly those at an early stage of the disease, by reducing both motor and non-motor symptoms, possibly through its anti-inflammatory effect on brain cells....
by Heaton Acupuncture | Mar 3, 2016 | Acupuncture, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Electro-Acupuncture, Hot Flushes
An American study suggests that electro-acupuncture (EA) may be more effective for managing hot flushes among breast cancer survivors than the drug gabapentin (GP), with fewer adverse effects. The randomised controlled trial involved 120 survivors of breast cancer who...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Sep 24, 2015 | Acupuncture, Electro-Acupuncture, Shoulder Pain
Research from Brazil has found that acupuncture can reduce pain intensity and improve range of motion in women with neck and shoulder pain. Sixty women with at least one trigger point in the upper trapezius muscle, and local or referred pain lasting more than six...
